FLAVORS of chicago '10 - chef shawn mcclain of spring

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

thanks to all who entered my contest to win tickets to the Taste of the Browns, a benefit for the Cleveland Foodbank that gives attendees the opportunity to enjoy food and wine samplings from the regions most amazing culinary talent and mingle with Browns players themselves.

well it's finally time to announce the winner... congrats to Stephen Hall, whose 10th entry was chosen from 80+ entries via random.org.

sad you didn't win?

well lucky for you i can still offer everyone a fabulous discount of $25 off their ticket price to the Taste of the Browns by purchasing your ticket online through this very special cleveland's a plum promo code link-hope to see you there!

and now in the most perfect segue a girl could ask for i'm going to share with you the delicious way that i spent my last night in chicago.

after having been to and written about FLAVORS of Cleveland in '08 and '09 i was very excited to be able to attend the first annual chicago version.

we were honored to be seated at Chef Shawn McClain's table who's the chef/owner of Spring (the restaurant our meal came from), Green Zebra, and Sage restaurants - all you need to do is google him to know how awesomely talented he is and his meal definitely did not disappoint.

starter: crispy pork belly steamed bun, house made pickle with thai chili sauce and cilantro. this is a specialty at Spring and holy crap this was one of the most delicious things i've ever had.

15 comments:

That meal looks outstanding! I ate at Spring within the first few months it opened ... and that was YEARS ago. It's nice to see a restaurant do well in a city where restaurants come and go, especially during down financial times!

Wow that food looks amazing and your photos turned out great too! What camera are you using? I've never heard of this in Chicago but it's on my list to be watching for next year. Glad you had fun, I went to Green Zebra and it was delish. Spring is on my list. Oh and sorry I'm an a**, last week was not my best showing.

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